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Jim Nussle, the former director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, recently visited Cumberland Valley High School in Pennsylvania to chat with students about government. Nussle, who served as the budget director in former President George W. Bush's cabinet and in Congress from 1991 to 2007, also encouraged students to get involved in an upcoming election campaign with a local branch of a political party. District Social Studies Supervisor Sabrina Lindsay said the visit helped students see possibilities for their own futures.

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A student-run store is enhancing the lessons in business and other classes at a Pennsylvania middle school. Business students designed and manage the store run by volunteer student workers, and teachers plan to involve other classes in the business venture. “The goal is to provide the students with a real-life business experience,” business teacher John Ross Jr. said.

The Export-Import Bank deserves reauthorization in part because it's adding revenue to the U.S. Treasury to the tune of $1 billion in fiscal 2013, Jim Nussle, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, writes in a letter to the editor. "Taxpayers will continue to see these returns, and U.S. companies, including thousands of small businesses, will continue to benefit from its financing -- if and only if the bank's charter is reauthorized in September," he writes.

Students in a grade-seven class at Quarterway Elementary School in Nanaimo, British Columbia, recently received a visit from the O Canada! tour. The music and storytelling tour is visiting schools across Canada to remind students of the nation's heritage and bilingualism. The tour aims to visit about 46,000 students at 120 schools from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to Saskatchewan in the coming months.

Students at Hunnewell Elementary School in Wellesley, Mass., recently spoke before state representatives to make their case for why a bill should be passed to name Drumlin Farms' resident Ms. G. as the state's official groundhog. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Alice Peisch. "I see this as a real vehicle for the students to learn about civics and meteorology. It's a great way for them to learn about the legal process at a young age," Peisch said.

Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack may have sent a letter to "education leaders" in support of an anti-bullying bill inclusive of sexual orientation, but his message really was aimed at the candidates to succeed him and the state's voters. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chet Culver favors the anti-bullying measure, which has been stalled in the Legislature for several years, while his Republican opponent, Jim Nussle, opposes protections specifically for LGBT students.